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package com.googlecode.openbeans;

import com.googlecode.openbeans.Encoder;
import com.googlecode.openbeans.Expression;
import com.googlecode.openbeans.PersistenceDelegate;

class NullPersistenceDelegate extends PersistenceDelegate {
    @Override
    protected Expression instantiate(Object oldInstance, Encoder out) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    /*
     * It's unnecessary to do anything for initialization, because two mutatable
     * strings are actually equivalent already.
     */
    protected void initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance,
            Object newInstance, Encoder out) {
        // do nothing
    }

    @Override
    public void writeObject(Object oldInstance, Encoder out) {
        // do nothing
    }
}
